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Three Gates Before the Refactor: Freeze Order, Drafted Tests, Flake Census

Most messy-repo refactors fail at the test layer, not the code layer. The tests pass on your laptop and fail in CI, so you revert and learn nothing. The fix is ordering. Rank modules first. Draft characterization tests second. Reject unstable tests third. Only then does a smallest safe change exist…

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  1. 2026-11-06 11:45 · DEV Community — AI
    Three Gates Before the Refactor: Freeze Order, Drafted Tests, Flake Census

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